The bitcoin markets have fallen again during the day on Thursday as we continue to see struggles in the crypto currency markets overall. After breaking below the $8000 level against the US dollar, bitcoin looks likely to go much lower.
As mentioned previously, the US dollar has broken significantly below the $8000 level, and during the day on Thursday we even solve the market reach towards the $7300 level. I think it’s only a matter of time before the sellers get involved, and as I record this it looks like we are already starting to see signs of exhaustion after a short-term bounce. Quite frankly, four weeks now if you simply sold rallies you would be making money in this market. Bitcoin seems to be losing a lot of its luster, and now I think we could see a move down to the $6000 level over the longer-term, perhaps over the next couple of months.
Bitcoin of course fell against the Japanese yen as well, as we are below the ¥850,000 level, looking to break down below the ¥800,000 level next. Longer-term, the ¥700,000 level is the bottom of longer-term consolidation, and I think that is where we will try to go. It is difficult to imagine a scenario in which I’d be willing to buy this market until we test that area, and of course it holds rather significantly. If we were to break down below the ¥700,000 level below, that would be catastrophic for this market and more than likely send bitcoin into a bit of a tailspin. At this point, I’m not convinced of any rally until we break to a fresh, new high, somewhere near the ¥1.1 million level. However, I will keep you up-to-date on any changes in attitude in this market.
Being FXEmpire’s analyst since the early days of the website, Chris has over 20 years of experience across various markets and assets – currencies, indices, and commodities. He is a proprietary trader as well trading institutional accounts.